Enrollment
112
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBURY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341815002694
Walnut Street School
60 Walnut Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096 · (856) 853-0126 · Gloucester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
80 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Walnut Street School→Woodbury Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Woodbury City Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
42.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Walnut Street School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Street School this school | 112 | 71.4% | 36.0% |
| Keansburg Early Learning Center KEANSBURG | 152 | 65.1% | N/A |
| Winslow Township Early Childhood Education Center Chesilhurst | 73 | 57.5% | N/A |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School MILLVILLE | 193 | 68.9% | 25.1% |
| Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School SEASIDE HTS | 157 | 79.6% | 27.1% |
| Orange Early Childhood Center Orange | 195 | 63.6% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Walnut Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #834 of 1,290 | #25 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #722 of 1,319 ▲ 65 | #21 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #875 of 1,319 ▲ 10 | #23 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 112 | #1,507 of 1,562 | #48 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #334 of 1,481 | #3 of 48 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
112
-7 (-6%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 163
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 112 | 11.7 | 9.6:1 | 71% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 128 | 11.4 | 11.2:1 | 60% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 10.4 | 12.4:1 | 60% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 119 | 7 | 17.0:1 | 55% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 122 | 10 | 12.2:1 | 67% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 109 | 10 | 10.9:1 | 77% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 100 | 6 | 16.7:1 | 64% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 127 | 10 | 12.7:1 | 41% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 163 | 8 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Street School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (122 to 112); teachers up 17% (10 to 11.7).
About Walnut Street School
Students in Woodbury, New Jersey, attend Walnut Street School, a very small elementary school. The school has 112 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 72% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Woodbury City Public School District runs Walnut Street School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 1,709 students in total.
About 30% of students at Walnut Street School are Black, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 24% White, and 14% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 11%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
There are about 9.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Walnut Street School, which has 11.7. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Walnut Street School is about 71%. That is 39 points above the 32% average for public schools in Gloucester County.
Walnut Street School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, Walnut Street School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 36.0% actual against a predicted 27.1%.
In Gloucester County, home to about 306,954 people, the median household earns about $105,115 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Gloucester County number 86, with about 46,080 students.
Woodbury Jr-Sr High School sits about 0.5 miles from Walnut Street School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Walnut Street School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Walnut Street School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 7 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.0 to 9.6 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Walnut Street School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodbury City Public School District
- Woodbury Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 818 students
- West End Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Evergreen Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Woodbury
- Woodbury Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 818 students
- Green-Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- West End Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Evergreen Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other Walnut Street schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Walnut Street. Walnut Street School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Walnut Street SchoolDELANCO, NJ · 128 students
- Walnut Street SchoolDes Moines, IA · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Woodbury Jr-Sr High School0.5 mi · 818
- Oakview Elementary School0.6 mi · 475
- Evergreen Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 310
- West Deptford High School0.9 mi · 750
- Shady Lane Elementary School0.9 mi · 422
- West End Memorial Elementary School1.1 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Street SchoolHow many students attend Walnut Street School?
Walnut Street School enrolls approximately 112 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Walnut Street School serve?
Walnut Street School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Walnut Street School have?
Walnut Street School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walnut Street School?
At Walnut Street School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 29% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Walnut Street School in?
Walnut Street School is part of Woodbury City Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.